Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is urging G20 nations to establish a global virtual centre dedicated to clean energy research and development. Modi says, “Let us increase the collective research and development efforts and collaboration and ensure dissemination to all countries, stated Modi. For this, a global virtual centre for clean energy research and development…

A study conducted by the Arizona Department of Health Services concludes that smart meters pose no health hazard. The Arizona Corporation Commission called for the year-long review in response to some customers’ concern about the safety of smart meters’ pulsed transmissions. Smart meters transmit usage information via radio waves directly to the utility at regular…

Supermarket chain ASDA, which is owned by Walmart, has signed a five-year contract with Elster EnergyICT to deliver EnactoTM 9.3, the latest version of the energy monitoring management platform. ASDA will use the solution, delivered as software as a service (SaaS), to manage more than 10,000 meters in more than 660 sites across the UK.…